What’s in a name? For birds, the scientific, or Latin, name is selected by the person who discovers and describes a species, but the common name evolves organically and can differ regionally. The name ...

In what is being described as a “landmark event”, common terns have successfully nested again in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Commission reported Wednesday that for the first time in six ...

Mainers love their birds and so this summer we are telling you about a different bird each week with the help of Maine Audubon. Also read: Square holes in your trees? You've crossed paths with a ...

(The Center Square) — On the shores of Pennsylvania’s sliver of Lake Erie, something has happened that hasn’t been seen for decades: common terns nesting on the beach, raising their young chicks to ...

Hoboken’s honorary bird could soon get its own artificial island in the Hudson River. Bird lovers are raising money to build a small floating island for common terns that will soon be evicted from a ...

Terns lay their eggs, usually four per clutch, in depressions in the gravel. “We sometimes call them the uncommon common tern,” said Kelly Applegate, Mille Lacs Department of Natural Resources ...

Three species of beach-nesting birds can be seen at Wrightsville Beach during the summer. Least terns, common terns, and black skimmers will migrate south for the winter. The south end of Wrightsville ...

The return of the tern has shown how luck, chance, and the buy-in of the public matters. Officials removed invasive vegetation from Presque Isle and sand naturally piles up on it, creating more beach, ...